Nakuru county. assembly. [Photo:citizentv.co.ke]
Nakuru MCAs who had earlier refused to go on reces saying they were 'broke’ have made a u-turn and agreed to go on recess.
Nakuru MCAs were unhappy with the rules governing the disbursement of Sh2 million car loan and Sh3 million mortgage and wanted to amend them before the long December holiday break.
The MCAs will go on recess until February 13, 2018
According to Daily Nation, MCAs developed cold feet on Wednesday and refused to support a substantive motion to postpone the recess, as they had indicated when they refused to go on recess on December 7.
When the motion of adjournment was moved by Majority Leader Stanley Karanja, the MCAs did not make any contribution.However, the County Assembly Public Service Board has organised a two-day team building retreat for them from December 21-22.
County assembly speaker Joel Maina Kairo did not indicate why the retreat was being organised at this time and neither did he state the location for the retreat.Mr Kairo announced that committee sittings during the long recess will only sit for urgent matters.
He said most of the assembly staff would be on long December holiday and forcing them to forfeit their leave would be costly.